Saturday, June 7, 2008

Late Night Listening XXIV: Back to Basics Edition

Late Night Listening XXIV: Back to Basics Edition Tonight's selection is Linda Ronstadt's cover of Neil Young's exploration of amorous paradoxy: "Love is a Rose". Many of my musical loves were inherited, and the Ronstadt gene comes from my father, who owned many of her albums from the 70s. My mother accused him of having a crush on her a time or two. I remember hearing this song played on the turntable several times, but with the onset of adolescence, I soon forgot about this song. It was